Thursday, January 3, 2013

I Finally Made An Apron

It isn't a ruffle apron in designer quilting cotton, like the ones that are all the rage now.

It was for my father-in-law (although Fleur modeled it for the photoshoot)

and I didn't think he could carry off ruffles.

I first saw this moustache print in a BBQ-towel and oven mitt manifestation on A Spoonful of Sugar and loved it. Such a glorious print - masculine without being camouflage/ rah-rah sports/ beer-belching/ blaze orange huntingy/ whatever. Not that my father-in-law is into any of these (he isn't). But he is a fine cook and he did have a moustache once upon a time.

So I put moustaches everywhere. Like on the pocket.

Gotta love pockets. I don't know about the side ones, though. I'm still thinking I should've made them angular rather than scooped. I sew so infrequently for male bodies that it isn't instinctive for me what's masculine vs. feminine. Somewhere in my mind, I think I've compartmentalized that with garment design,

angles = masculine and

curves = feminine.

But maybe that's stereotyping. And we wouldn't want the world reduced to that, would we?

Because then I would've had to make a mitered corner on the hem of the apron, which isn't anywhere as striking in bias gingham as a smooth curve.

I think that curved or angled pockets for males are just fine. Reason? They really don't care or notice. They are males after all. I'm happy if my son notices that I made things matching so he would actually wear them together...as intended.

Well, this post was timely! I made a bunch of aprons for my family for Christmas and gave one to my brother to give to his live-in girl friend. My mom told me that my brother actually does all the cooking (and cleaning and shopping etc) so I should have made him one. Now I have a good one to model mine after (since the ones I made all had ruffles). Thanks!

Hello and Welcome!

I am a gratefully unemployed mom of three girls, all of whom are growing up much too soon! I like piles of warm, fresh laundry, the smell of salt air near the beach where I used to live, making lists, anything round (like heads) and the quiet evenings sitting with the man of the house after the kids are in bed.

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